How to use ESBuild to load font files for Bootstrap Icons
A look at the copy and file loaders for ESBuild to load a font file to get Bootstrap Icons to work with Rails 7. The solution is surprisingly simple!
0:00 Bootstrap Icons font file dilemma
2:09 ESBuild setup with my Rails 7
3:39 Look at CSS in the ESBuild output
4:44 ESBuild file vs copy loader
6:28 ESBuild copy loader (attempt 1 ❌)
9:20 Modify Rails asset pipeline include path (attempt 2 ❌)
12:02 ESBuild precompile to rewrite the font file URL (attempt 3 ❌)
14:32 Change the font URL in Bootstrap's SCSS defaults 🎉
Resources:
How to include SCSS in your ESBuild JS deliverable with Rails 7: • How to include SCSS in your ESBuild J...
How to upgrade to Rails 7 with ESBuild: • Webpacker is dead! Upgrading to Rails...
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